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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Topeka, KS

November 27, 2005Clay County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 27, 2005, 2:19 PM CST for Clay County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 27, 2005, 2:19 PM CST (20:19 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2005, 3:15 PM CST
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 27, 12:36 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -282 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KTOP 272019
SVRTOP
KSC027-272115-
/O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0252.051127T2019Z-051127T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
219 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 215 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
  MILES SOUTH OF WAKEFIELD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION
  CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAKEFIELD...
  IDANA...
  CLAY CENTER...
  MORGANVILLE...
  VINING...

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY.

LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING.

IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
LIKELY IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3913 9720 3913 9695 3956 9703 3956 9735
      3939 9735

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 272040
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
240 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSC027-272115-
/O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-051127T2115Z/
CLAY-
240 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST
FOR CLAY COUNTY...

AT 237 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAKEFIELD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF
CLAY CENTER...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLAY CENTER...IDANA...MORGANVILLE AND VINING.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY.

IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE LIKELY IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE 
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3917 9716 3918 9696 3956 9703 3956 9735
      3939 9735

$$

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 272114
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
314 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

KSC027-272124-
/O.EXP.KTOP.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-051127T2115Z/
CLAY-
314 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLAY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 315 PM
CST...

AT 314 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO
LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES RAPIDLY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3917 9716 3918 9696 3956 9703 3956 9735
      3939 9735

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 27, 9:17 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Ottawa, Republic, Washington	42 hr
Nov 27, 1:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Dickinson	38 min
Nov 27, 1:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Dickinson	64 min
Nov 27, 2:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Geary, Morris	39 min
Nov 27, 2:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey	51 min
Nov 27, 2:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	31 min
Nov 27, 2:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage	50 min
Nov 27, 2:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Geary, Riley	49 min
Nov 27, 3:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Morris	14 min
Nov 27, 3:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee	42 min
Nov 27, 3:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Pottawatomie, Riley	49 min
Nov 27, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley	33 min
Nov 27, 4:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Brown, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson	60 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.